Live
so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.
~ H.
Jackson Brown Jr.
Family Closeness
Game:
Great Minds Think
Alike
Create ten
categories, for instance: famous actor, something you find in a park, awesome
inventions – they could be anything. As you call out the categories each of
your family members secretly and silently write down 3 things that come to
their mind. When you have finished calling out the categories share what you
wrote. Award your family a point for every thing they had in common. See if you
can beat your family’s highest score.
Sharing:
Questions for
stimulating discussion in your family.
- If your great great grandchildren could listen to this years from
now: is there any wisdom you’d want to pass on to them? What would you
want them to know?
Story
With your family
read: John 16.12-15
(for a way of explaining/talking about
this reading with children look at
Questions for
Discussion:
- What surprises you about this reading?
- Who do you think the Spirit of truth is?
- Why do you think Jesus sent the Holy Spirit?
Prayer and Celebration
Trinity Prayer
Learn this simple prayer with your
family:
Love of Jesus, Fill us.
Holy Spirit, Guide us.
Will of the Father be done.
Amen.
Family Activity
Three-in-one clothes
Find three items of clothes –
soft hat, a jacket and a wrap. At a given signal a family member must put on
these three items of clothing as quickly as possible. As each family member
takes a turn they must wear the items in a different way. How many ways can
your family think up of wearing the three items as one set of clothes?
(This material is based on and draws from earlier Faithful Families emails by Stephen Harrison and Richard Browning: An Unless Ideas Production.) Unless otherwise noted all material on this blog is copyright Stephen Harrison and Richard Browning
Photo by Laurom - Photo reproduction of art., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2126728
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